> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.parley.so/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slack > Let Parley search your Slack conversations and post updates for you, so what your team discusses in Slack becomes part of the case. Not every case lives in email and documents. Decisions, client updates, and deadlines get discussed in Slack too, and finding them again means scrolling back through channels and threads. Connect Slack and Parley finds those conversations for you, uses them in its work, and posts updates back to your team. > **[Connect Slack](https://app.parley.so/settings/integrations)** > > Open **Settings → Connectors** in Parley and connect your Slack account. ![A Parley chat summarizing the latest posts in a Slack channel](https://mintcdn.com/parley/9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT/images/slack/ask-parley-about-slack.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT\&q=85\&s=65896d9101a33d75cc1d037febe71aa1) ## What you can do * **Find what was said.** Ask about a decision, a client update, or a deadline, and Parley searches your channels, direct messages, and shared files for the answer. * **Catch up on a thread.** Point Parley at a conversation and get a summary of where things landed and what's still open. * **Bring Slack into the case.** Parley uses what it finds in Slack alongside a Project's documents and correspondence, for example when drafting a status update or checking a deadline. * **Post updates for you.** Ask Parley to send a message to a channel or a colleague, or to write up a canvas, and it does so as you. For example, ask Parley: > "What did we tell the client about the filing date in #immigration-team last week?" > "Summarize the thread about the Acme engagement letter and list anything still unresolved." > "Post today's upcoming deadlines to #case-updates." ## Connecting Slack **1. Open Connectors** In Parley, go to **Settings → Connectors**. **2. Connect Slack** Find **Slack** and select **Connect**. A Slack window opens. ![The Slack connector with its Connect button](https://mintcdn.com/parley/9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT/images/slack/connect-slack.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT\&q=85\&s=493afdd0df45ef5e7aa90477576f8e8d) **3. Choose your workspace and allow access** If you belong to more than one Slack workspace, pick the right one in the top-right corner of the window. Review what Parley is asking for (explained [below](#what-parley-can-see-and-do-in-slack)) and select **Allow**. ![Slack's screen asking you to allow Parley to access your workspace](https://mintcdn.com/parley/9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT/images/slack/approve-access.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT\&q=85\&s=7d2694f81d6450f5917975902f064dae) **4. You're connected** The window closes, Parley confirms **Connected to Slack**, and Slack moves to your **Connected** list. ![Slack listed under Connected on the Connectors page](https://mintcdn.com/parley/9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT/images/slack/slack-connected.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=9Yf5cLZRrrbFSeVT\&q=85\&s=60cba3d3c48679a3adccb56d93b35b23) > [!NOTE] > > Some firms require a Slack admin to approve new apps. If Slack shows **Request to install** instead of **Allow**, send the request. Once your admin approves it, come back to **Settings → Connectors** and connect again. Each person at your firm connects their own Slack account, and Parley uses it only for that person's chats and routines. ## Using Slack in Parley Once you're connected, Slack is turned on for every new chat. Ask your question the way you'd ask a colleague and Parley decides when to look in Slack. Naming a channel or a person helps it look in the right place. To leave Slack out of a chat, select **+** in the message box, open **Connectors**, and turn Slack off. [Routines](/routines/overview.md) can use Slack too. Turn it on in a routine's connectors and a scheduled routine can, for example, post a weekly matter summary to a channel. ## What Parley can see and do in Slack When you connect, Slack lists what Parley is asking to do. In plain terms: | Parley can | What that means | | - | - | | Search and read messages | Messages in public channels, and in the private channels, direct messages, and group messages you're part of. | | Read files, canvases, and lists | Files shared in those conversations, and canvases and lists you can open. | | See the people in your workspace | Names, profile details, and email addresses, so Parley knows who said what and can find the right person. | | See reactions and emoji | So it can tell when someone acknowledged or approved a message with a reaction. | | Send messages as you | Messages appear under your name, marked **Sent using Parley**, in conversations you can already post to. | | Create and edit canvases as you | For example, writing up a meeting summary or a case checklist as a Slack canvas. | Parley works with your access, so it never sees more than you can. It can't read private channels or direct messages you aren't part of, and it can't change your workspace's settings. Anything Parley posts goes out under your name and is marked **Sent using Parley**, so your team can tell. If you'd like to review a message before it's sent, ask Parley to draft it in the chat first. ## Your data * **Parley doesn't copy your Slack workspace.** It looks up messages when it needs them for a question or task, rather than importing your Slack history. * **What Parley reads stays with the chat.** Messages Parley used to answer you are saved in that chat's history, and are protected like the rest of your firm's data in Parley. * **Your content isn't used to train AI models** for other customers. That includes your Slack messages. * **Slack's own retention settings still apply** to your messages in Slack. For what we collect, how we use it, and how long we keep it, see our [Privacy Policy](https://www.parley.so/privacy-policy) and [Security and compliance](/security-and-compliance/overview.md). ## Disconnecting Slack Go to **Settings → Connectors**, select **Manage** next to Slack, then **Disconnect**. Parley loses access to your Slack account right away. A Slack admin can also remove Parley from your workspace at any time in Slack's app management settings. ## Getting help Email [founders@parley.so](mailto:founders@parley.so) or use the chat in the bottom right-hand corner of Parley. See [Getting support](/help/getting-support.md) for more ways to reach us. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.